Protective means for poison-containers.



No. 669,243. Patented Mar. 5, l90l.

. v. H. KOPOLD. E

PROTECTIVE MEANS FOR POISON CONTAINERS. (Application filed. Mar. 21,1900.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR H. KOPOLD, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

PROTECTIVE MEANS FOR POISON-CONTAINERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 669,243, dated March 5,1901.

Application filed March 21, 1900. Serial No. 9,509. (No model.)

To all whmn it 17mg concern:

Be it known that I, VICTOR I-I. KOPOLD, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Brooklyn, city of New York, in the county of Kingsand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin.Poison- Containers and Protective Means Therefor, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to poison-containers; and it has for its object toprovide simple and improved means whereby the accidental orunintentional use of poisons can be effectually prevented.

My invention and improvements are designed to provide protective meansof this character which will be inexpensive, convenient, effective, andefficient.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a poison-bottle providedwith my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.Fig. 3 is a detail top or plan view. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontalsectional view taken on the line X X, Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same lettersof reference.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a bottle or container, and B acork or stopper embodying my improvements. Said cork is provided uponthat portion of its side surface which normally projects beyond the neckof the bottle with a series of sharp projections, as at c, which arepreferably formed by barbs upon a wire-netting d, exteriorly extendingover the cork and secured thereto. These projections, prongs, or barbsare in close juxtaposition, so that they cover in series virtually theWhole surface area with relation to the portion grasped by the fingersin the operation of removing the cork, and they may be formed by simplyintertwisting the wire ends of the netting d, as shown at e, or they maybe formed or produced in any other suitable or adapted manner. Thebarbed surface preferably extends also over the top surface of the corkor stopper, as shown. The protective barbed portion may be secured tothe cork in any suitable or adapted manner. When thewire-nettingconstruction herein illustrated is employed and the cork orstopper is of ordinary cork or other penetrable substance, wire ends maysimply be forced into the body of the cork, as shown at f. Upon saidprotective sides of the cork or stopper, at suitable points,preferablyat diametrically opposite sides, are provided smooth spaces orportions, as at G, which are free from barbs or projections and whichmay be in the form of smooth concave portions, as shown in the drawings.

Secured to the member B and projecting therefrom is a wire or cord H orother flexible means of attachment, which is also connected with orsecured to the bottle or member A. I prefer to provide this means ofconnection between the members A and B to prevent accidental loss ormisplacement of the member B whenit is out of operative position withrelation to the member A.

The operation and advantages of my in vention will be readilyunderstood. The barbs will prick the fingers if the member. B is graspedcarelessly or inadvertently, and thus operate to remind the user of thenature of the container and its contents, while the smooth spaces G willenable convenient operation of said member B when desired.

It is obvious that the provision of the barbed surface with the smoothspaces or portions G to enable operative handling when desired upon thebody of a bottle or container for poisons or analogous uses, instead ofupon a movable member B, is a variation coming fully within the scopeand spirit of my improvements.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent- As an improvement in poison-containers, a member havinga wire-netting surface-covering parts of which are turned inwardly toprovide securing means and parts whereof are turned outwardly to providebarbs, the netting being omitted at predetermined points within thebarbed area.

In testimony Whereofl have signed my name in the presence of thesubscribing Witnesses.

VICTOR H. KOPOLD. Witnesses:

J ONO. H. CASE, E. H. TEBBETS.

